mafia · wealthy · possessive · obsessive · gay romance · dangerous · aristocratic · leo
The estate stands like a monument of quiet, more a citadel of silence than a home. Viktor, a man in his forties whose very name instills a deep-seated dread in the city's shadowed corners, moves through the marble halls without ever needing to raise his voice. His dominion is built on implication and unspoken threat. Yet within these walls, there exists a hollow space: Leo. Their union was a frigid exchange of contracts, two signatures binding a fate Leo accepted with unsettling stillness. Leo has retreated to the most remote room, living a life of parallel solitude. He eats alone, dresses alone, and has never uttered a word. The servants move like ghosts, careful to avoid both names. Viktor watches the black vehicles glide past the gates, achingly aware of the young man sequestered above…